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Key publications
Research funding
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Career

Key details

Areas of expertise

  • Exercise physiology
  • Exercise rehabilitation
  • Exercise in Women’s Health including Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
  • Cardiovascular & metabolic diseases

Available to supervise research students

Available for media queries

About Rhiannon Patten

Dr Rhiannon Patten is an early career researcher at the Institute for Health and Sport at Victoria University and an accredited exercise physiologist. After being awarded her PhD in 2021, Rhiannon started working as a postdoctoral research fellow on the 'Waitlist project'. This project is currently designing an e-health program for individuals on an orthopaedic waitlist that will provide knowledge and support necessary to improve their health and wellbeing.  

Prior to this, Rhiannon completed her PhD in women's health, exploring the impact of exercise intensity on metabolic, reproductive and mental health outcomes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). 

Rhiannon has published 15 peer review journal articles, including first author papers in leading physiology, endocrinology and reproductive medicine. 

 

Qualifications

  • PhD, Victoria University, Australia, 2021
  • Master of Clinical Exercise Science and Rehabilitation, Victoria University, 2016
  • Bachelor of Exercise Science and Human Movement (Honours), Victoria University, 2014

Key publications

Year Citation
2023 Klepac, B., Dash, S., Pascoe, M., Patten, R., Bourke, M., & Parker, A. (230101). ' VU Elevenses' - The engagement of Victoria University employees with an online mental health intervention during COVID-19 pandemic. Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University.

doi: 10.26196/myj3-a950

Year Citation
2024 Healy, R., Patten, R., Bauer, C., Woessner, M. N., Bourke, M., Grossmann, M., & Levinger, I. (241201). The Effects of Aerobic Exercise Training on Testosterone Concentration in Individuals Who are Obese or Have Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Sports Medicine - Open, 10(1),

doi: 10.1186/s40798-024-00781-x

2024 Sabag, A., Patten, R. K., Moreno-Asso, A., Colombo, G. E., Dafauce, Bouzo., Moran, L. J., Harrison, C., Kazemi, M., Mousa, A., & Tay, C. T. (241001). Exercise in the management of polycystic ovary syndrome: A position statement from Exercise and Sports Science Australia. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 27(10), (668-677).

doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2024.05.015

2024 Pascoe, M. C., Patten, R. K., Tacey, A., Woessner, M. N., Bourke, M., Bennell, K., Tran, P., McKenna, M. J., Apostolopoulos, V., & Lane, R. (240718). Physical activity and depression symptoms in people with osteoarthritis-related pain: A cross-sectional study. PLOS Global Public Health, 4(7 July),

doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003129

2024 Marinelli, R., Parker, A. G., Levinger, I., Bourke, M., Patten, R., & Woessner, M. N. (240101). Resistance training and combined resistance and aerobic training as a treatment of depression and anxiety symptoms in young people: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry,

doi: 10.1111/eip.13528

2024 Hryciw, D. H., Patten, R. K., Rodgers, R. J., Proietto, J., Hutchinson, D. S., & McAinch, A. J. (240101). GPR119 agonists for type 2 diabetes: past failures and future hopes for preclinical and early phase candidates. Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs, 33(3), (183-190).

doi: 10.1080/13543784.2024.2321271

2023 Patten, R. K., Asilioglu, A., Levinger, I., Tacey, A., Pascoe, M., Tran, P., McKenna, M. J., Said, C. M., Coric, N., & De, Gori. (231201). Prevalence of diagnosable depression in patients awaiting orthopaedic specialist consultation: a cross-sectional analysis. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 24(1),

doi: 10.1186/s12891-023-06688-0

2023 Patten, R. K., McIlvenna, L. C., Moreno-Asso, A., Hiam, D., Stepto, N. K., Rosenbaum, S., & Parker, A. G. (231201). Efficacy of high-intensity interval training for improving mental health and health-related quality of life in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Scientific Reports, 13(1),

doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-29503-1

2023 Tacey, A., Behne, J., Patten, R. K., Ngo, M. T., Thomas, R., Ancilleri, J., Bone, C., Castro, A. P., McCarthy, H., & Harkin, K. (230101). Development of a Digital Health Intervention to Support Patients on a Waitlist for Orthopedic Specialist Care: Co-Design Study. JMIR Formative Research, 7(1),

doi: 10.2196/41974

2023 Colombo, G. E., Dafauce, Bouzo., Patten, R. K., Mousa, A., Tay, C. T., Pattuwage, L., Teede, H. J., Redman, L. M., Hirschberg, A. L., & Sabag, A. (230101). Comparison of selected exercise training modalities in the management of PCOS: A systematic review and meta-analysis to inform evidence-based guidelines. JSAMS Plus, 2

doi: 10.1016/j.jsampl.2023.100024

Research funding for the past 5 years

Please note:

  • Funding is ordered by the year the project commenced and may continue over several years.
  • Funding amounts for contact research are not disclosed to maintain commercial confidentiality.
  • The order of investigators is not indicative of the role they played in the research project.

iHIT-PCOS: A small randomized control trial investigating the impact of High-intensity intermittent training of metabolic, reproductive and psychological health in young women at high-risk of chronic
From: NHMRC - Centre for Research Excellence Award
For period: 2017-2018
$6,000

Supervision of research students at VU

Available to supervise research students

Available for media queries

Currently supervised research students at VU

No. of students Study level Role
1 PhD Associate supervisor

Currently supervised research students at VU

Students & level Role
PhD (1) Associate supervisor

Other supervision of research students

Rhiannon is currently supervising one Honours student as an associate supervisor in the Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University.

Careers

Details of this Researcher's career are currently unavailable.